Day of Supplementation Placebo B. coagulans MTCC 5856 P value Δ (N=20) (N=18) Baseline (Day 0) 1.32 ± 0.42 1.19 ± 0.51 0.416 End of Study (Day 30) 1.14 ± 0.45 1.19 ± 0.75 0.842 Change From Day 0 to Day 30 p=0.123 p=0.864 0.509

Table 3: The average number of daily bowel movements of all participants during the 30 Day supplementation with either B. coagulans MTCC 5856 or Placebo. Δ Between-group comparisons were made using the unpaired Student’s t-test. Within-group comparisons were made using the paired Student’s t-test.